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Top 50? Really?
Stole this from [info]efbq...

This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
3. Dune, Frank Herbert
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein*
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (shudder to confess. I LOVE Bradbury.)
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov*
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card*
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling*
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams*
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson (I... Um... Really?)
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein (Sorry, RAH, but we're all ugly when we're mad)
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford (JFK? Seriously? We named an IMPRINT after this?)
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer




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(Anonymous)
2006-11-17 03:57 pm UTC (link)
I hate these lists because they are always made up of lots of books I've always meant to read. I was pleased to see how many of them I'm actually familiar with. I'd love to do the bold and cross-through thing, but my browser apparently doesn't support the formatting options.

Let's see...

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

Never finished, Made it part of the way into the Two Towers.

2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov

Read the first book.

3. Dune, Frank Herbert

Hated it.

4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein

Read it.

5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

Read it. Shame about the Sci-Fi miniseries

6. Neuromancer, William Gibson

Didn't finish.

7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke

Read it.

10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

Hated it.

11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe

That's the series that starts with "Shadow of the Torturer" right? Because I read that one.

12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Hated it.

16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett

Read it.

17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison

Read it.

19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester*

Loved it.

21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey

Read it.

22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

Read it, might have loved it.

24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

Read it, might have hated it.

26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling

I read one called "Harry Potter and theSorceror's Stone", but I'm sure I hate them both equally.

27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams*

Loved it.

29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice

Hated it.

30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin

Hated it.

32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny

Started, but didn't finish.

34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement*

Loved it.

39. Ringworld, Larry Niven

Read it.

42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut

Read it.

45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester*

Loved it.

46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein *

Loved it. Shame about the movie.

47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock

Read it.

48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks

Didn't finish.


50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer

Hated it.


Renfield

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